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Both large and small businesses in different industries, from high tech to education to government, among others, are recognizing the value of a flexible, virtual face-to-face collaboration solution. More than 100 companies and organizations today are connecting with one another, customers, partners and internally, via more than 1400 telepresence sites worldwide, using the AT&T Business Exchange, AT&T's unique, network-based, inter- and intra-company collaboration feature.

Hotels in New York City area are offering a cost-effective high-definition (HD) TV programming with the launch of HD Video for Hospitality from Time Warner Cable Business Class, the B2B arm of Time Warner Cable.

The SCSI Trade Association (STA) revealed that the 11th Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Plugfest was held the week of Oct. 4, at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL).

8x8, Inc., which leverages its patented software technologies to deliver high-quality voice solutions and integrated messaging and video to businesses of any size with employees in any location on a wide variety of business telephony, Web and mobile platforms, received certification from Polycom as a VoIP Interoperability Partner.

Polycom, Inc., provider of unified communications UC and a Microsoft Gold Certified partner, has announced enhancements to its portfolio of voice and video solutions for Microsoft Lync Server 2010.

The total European Web conferencing services and software market reached revenues of $248.0 million in 2009, growing at a rate of 18.3 percent from the previous year, said Frost & Sullivan.

Damaka, a dealer in mobile unified communication and collaboration (UCC) solutions, unveiled Kalisto, affordable HD videoconferencing for desktops and mobile endpoints, with the capability to blend HD video with robust collaborative features.

Ericsson was awarded a contract by Aircel, a mobile operator in India and part of Maxis Communications Berhad, Malaysia, to roll out a 3G/HSPA network across six out of its 13 circles or geographic market areas.